Species-specific immunity induced by infection with Entamoeba histolytica and Entamoeba moshkovskii in mice.

Entamoeba histolytica, the parasitic amoeba responsible for amoebiasis, causes approximately 100,000 deaths every year. There is currently no vaccine against this parasite. We have previously shown that intracecal inoculation of E. histolytica trophozoites leads to chronic and non-healing cecitis in...

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Main Authors: Chikako Shimokawa, Richard Culleton, Takashi Imai, Kazutomo Suzue, Makoto Hirai, Tomoyo Taniguchi, Seiki Kobayashi, Hajime Hisaeda, Shinjiro Hamano
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3843725?pdf=render